Hello everyone.
3 days ago i stopped my nicotine replacement therapy and i was feeling pretty well during the day. I almost didn't have any cravings and i was so happy about it. But last night I woke up and had an enourmous craving. It was like it started in my dream and the problem is I can't really describe it to you but i will try. I felt like i had a panic attack or a nervous breakdown. It was really scary. I felt like I am on the edge. This lasted maybe 1 hour then I got out of bed,walked to the other room and then back to bed and fell asleep. But the problem is that i haven't experienced anything similar in my whole life. Has anyone of you experienced something like that ? Is this normal ? I thought that things like these may happen but when i am awake during the day not while i am asleep.....
I start this discussion because I didn't find a search engine on the site and can't find if there is a topic like that.
So I am wondering how long did it take for you to feel better after quitting smoking? I know you will say that it is different for everyone but if more people share this in here I think a small statistics can be done. And even if you think that it is impossible to make statistics from this amount of people I think it still will be helpful because it will make people believe and think positively about the future. :) So share with me ?
How long until you felt better? ( I mean just normal,like nothing happened)
Original Post by: Josie, Health EducatorThank you ! :) And I am sorry that i didn't see it,maybe because it wasn't on it's usual spot. I have no idea. Anyway if someone wants to reply to the topic I will appreciate it.petya,The search feature is in the forums area, so take a look there and let us know if you can't find it. This is always a great topic to share with one another as we can all learn from the experiences of others.Please do share with us and post often!Josie, Health Educator
Working on it that was really interesting but don't you feel afraid that you'll never reach this state of mind of a nonsmoker ? This sounds to me like a life full of torture... Yes maybe it gave some kind of lessons that's nice,i think of smoking in a different way also but nevertheless it still sucks this thought.
Actually I changed my way of thinking about smoking when I read Allen Carr's book " Easy way to stop smoking". I 've heard that many people stopped smoking only after reading it. I read it twice and I can say that changed smoking a little for me but not enough to stop smoking "easy". I don't know if I have mentioned until now but I smoked only 5 years in my whole life and sometimes when i read some statistics for example I seem to have been strongly addicted.... I guess this doesn't depend on the time through which you were a smoker.
In fact I am not sure if I am realistic but my dream is to wake up one day and never think of cigarettes. And if someone offers me a cigarette and I even smoke one,this event to be irrelevant and when I smoke it not to feel any good.... Maybe I want so much but honestly i've heard people who were exsmokers to say things like those I just described....so either they are lying or it is possible to be an exsmoker who feels like a person who never smoked in their whole life.
I didn't open a new topic and decided to post my question here. Today I was wondering if it is normal to feel my throat dry and tight when I have cravings ?
When I think about it always when I was a smoker and craved a cigarette my throat felt that way but not so strong as I feel it when i am not smoking and quitting. So I asked some friends around me who are still smoking what do they feel when they need a cigarette and all of them told me that they just feel nervous and nothing more. So I am wondering is that normal ? Does this happened to somebody else during they were smokers or after they quit ?